Living, Laughing, Loving, Loathing.

“Good night my darlings”.

When my children were young,
if I ever had to leave them,
for any length of time,
I would tell them I would always be by their side,
even when they could not see me.

I would say to them,
if they were lonely or sad,
to close their eyes and quietly call my name.
Where ever I was I would stop,
and look around,
because a mom always knows when her child needs her.
Then I would say to them,
to wait a moment,
and I would send them back a hug.

Fast forward many years.
My eldest two have left home,
to go to university.
Every night as I go to bed,
I pass their empty bedrooms,
and I catch myself,
quietly calling their names,
and pausing for a moment.

I have just googled it and it is ordered now on amazon. It sounds beautiful! Thanks for the tip off.
Ha ha. My kids are not a bit sentimental, except my fourth child. This post would be a source of great laughter for them. “loser mom”.

I Facebook messaged and Facetimed my daughter when we were apart for three weeks recently. It was lovely to have contact like that. Modern technology is wonderful. Imagine what it would have been like before this.